Portrait
details: Painted by Luciano Micallef,
1992; presented to Medical
School
by Prof. Mangion’s
wife – Mrs. Beatrice Mangion, 1993
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Joseph
John
Mangion
Professor of
Dental Surgery
Born:
Floriana, 10/07/1909;
died: 01/11/1980.
Education: Lyceum and University
of Malta;
continued
postgraduate studies in dental surgery. Qualifications:
Ph.C. [Malta,
1930]; B.Sc.
[Malta,
1931]; M.D.
[Malta,
1934]; D.D.S.
[Malta,
1940];
F.D.S. [R.C.S.,
U.K.,
1948] Career: Government Health
Service – Asst. R.M.O. Civil Hospital [1934-40];
Medical Superintendent and Anaesthetist [1940-45]; Junior Dental
Surgeon
[1945-1954]; Senior Dental Surgeon [1954-70]. Also served as Consultant
to
Royal Naval Service in Malta
[1964]. University of Malta
– Lecturer in
Operative Dentistry [1948-1954]; Professor of Dental Surgery and Dean
of
Faculty of Dental Surgery [1954-70]. Achievements:
mentioned in dispatches for meritous service during the World War
II.
References:
Mangion, Prof. Joseph
John. Malta
Who’s Who 1965. A Biographical dictionary. Progress Press, Malta, 1965,
p.163; C. Savona-Ventura: Mangion, Joseph
John. Maltese
biographies of the twentieth century [eds. M.J. Schiavone; L.J.
Scerri].
PIN, Malta,
1997, p.385;
Portraits at the Medical
School.
Maltese
Medical Journal, 1999, XI[1-2]:p.52.
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